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Sam Beard

Sam served as a Private with 12th Battalion, the Worcestershire Regt in Great
Britain and
Iceland, 1941-1942; served as an NCO with 173 Battery, 179 Field Regt, Royal
Artillery in GB and North West Europe, 1942-1945; served with 130th Field
Regt, RA in India, 1945.

He ended the war with the rank of Battery Sergeant Major
and continued to serve in the Territorial Army until about 1966.

The Imperial War Museum recorded his memories and gave
him a copy on CDs which he very kindly presented to the Guarlford History Group for
the village archive.

Listen to short extracts from Sam's memoirs (Copyright Imperial War Museum)

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